1. The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
   "The company specialized in the shipping of perishable goods";
   - transportation, transport
    
2. Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
   "The country's shipping industry was vital to its economy";
   - cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels, merchant navy [Brit]

1. Move goods commercially
   "We ship our products to customers worldwide";
   - transport, send
    
2. Place on board a ship
   "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"
    
3. Travel by ship
   "We shipped across the Atlantic"; "The goods shipped from China to the US"
    
4. Go on board
   "The passengers embarked on the cruise ship"; "The troops shipped out for their overseas deployment";
   - embark
    
5. Hire for work on a ship
   "The captain shipped a new crew for the long voyage"
    
6. (business, technology) release or launch a product for distribution or sale
   "We're shipping the new smartphone model next week"
    
7. [informal] Support or endorse a romantic relationship between two characters, real or fictional
   "Fans shipped the two lead actors after their on-screen chemistry"
    
8. [informal] Strongly approve of or enthusiastically support an idea, trend, or concept
   "I totally ship that idea!"
    
9. Take in water over the sides of a boat
   "The small vessel began to ship water in the rough seas"

Derived forms: shippings

Type of: board, business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, conveyance, displace, employ, engage, get on, hire, hop on, journey, lay, move, place, pose, position, put, set, take on, transport, travel

Part of: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

Encyclopedia: Shipping